Advertising-sign.



"NITED STATES PATENT HALF TO FRANK B. I-IO'OPER,

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 648,223, dated April 24, 1900. Application filed December 13,1899. Serial No. 740,161. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAIAH H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Govanstown, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising- Signs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an advertising device.

. The object of the invention is to provide a device for advertising purposes that will be cheap and attractive and can be easily attached to a fence, tree, or other object either with or'without the use of nails, screws, &c.

Other features of the invention will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows my improved device socured to a piece of wood. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the sign and means of attaching the same to the bracket, the latter being broken away. Fig. 3 is a view of the sign when first stamped out and before the tangs are bent.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing vthree of the signs secured to the bracket, the arms of the latter being broken away. Fig. 5 is a view of the washer on which the sign rests. Fig.

6 is a view showing a modification of the. means by which the bracket is secured to the desired object.

Similar numerals refer to like parts th roughout the several views. I

1 designates the sign, and 2 thebracket on which the sign is secured.

The sign 1 is preferably made of sheet metal, such as tin, and is provided with two tangs 3, diametrically opposite each other. Each of said tangs has an aperture 4 therein. These tangs 3 are bent at right angles to the sign 1 and serve to hold the latter to the bracket 2 by means of the wire passing through the apertures 4, which are sufficiently large to allow the sign to freely revolve on the said bracket. The sign may, however, be secured to the bracket 2 byany other suitable means.

The bracket 2 is formed of wire or other suitable material and consists of an upright 5 and two laterally-projecting arms 6. The

said arms 6 have their ends bent outwardly "sharp points 9.

at 7 and theninwardly at 8 and terminate in It will be seen that by thus bending the ends of the arms 6 a shoulder 10 is formed, against which a hammer or other suitable tool may be brought inv the act of driving the points 9 into the desired object. Instead of forming the ends of the arms 6 with sharp points 9 theymay be formed into eyes 11, as shown in Fig. 6, for the reception of nails or screws to hold the" bracket 2 in the desired-position. One of the arms 6 of the bracket 2 is curled at 12to form a seat upon which the Washer 13 rests. The object of the washer 13 is to keep the sign 1 from slipping down too far on the upright '5, and thus preventing the sign from turning freely.

In securing the sign to the bracket the lower armis first 'formed and the washer 13 slipped over the wire and rests in the seat 12. The wire is then run through theapertures 4 of the tanks 3, one of which latter rests on the washer 13. The upper end of the wire is then bent to form the upper arm. The arms 6, may also be bent to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. 1

In Fig. 4 I have shown three of the signs secured on the bracket, the tangs of the sep arate signs being-placed one above the other and the wire passed through the apertures 4 of all the tangs. ,By making the tangs 3 short enough the signs may be drawn together and made to occupy the position shown in Fig. 4

and may be permanently held in this position by soldering or otherwise securing the abutting edges together. The signs asformed in Fig. 4 will revolve on the bracket freely when exposed to the wind.

While I have shown the sign of circularcontour, the same may be made square or any other preferred shape and maybe secured to the bracket inany manner, either rigidly or in a manner that will permit it to revolve thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim is 1. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2, formed with arms, 6,

having their ends terminating in sharp points; and a sign revoluble on said bracket. 7 2. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2 formed with arms, 6, having their ends terminating in sharp points; a seat, 12, on one arm; a Washer, 13; and one or more signs, 1, revoluble on said bracket.

3. In an advertising device, the combination of a bracket, 2, formed with an upright, 5, and two arms, 6, projecting from the said upright and having their free ends terminating in sharp points, and a sign revoluble on the said bracket.

4. In an advertising device, the combination of a bracket, 2, having arms, 6, formed with shoulders, 10, and sharp points, 9; and one or more signs secured to said bracket.

5. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2, formed with arms, 6, shoulders, 10, sharp points, 9, a seat, 12; and one or more signs revoluble on said bracket.

0. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2, formed with arms, 6, shoulders, 10, sharp points, 9, and a seat, 12;

a Washer, 13; and one or more signs revoluble on said bracket.

7. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2, formed with arms, 6; means at the end of the arms by which the bracket may be secured to any desired object; a seat, 12; a Washer, 13; and a sign, 1, secured to said bracket.

8. In an advertising device, the combination of the bracket, 2, formed with an upright, 5, and arms, 6, parallel with each other and at right angles to the said upright; means at the extremity of the arms by which the bracket may be secured to any desired object; and one or more signs revoluble on the said bracket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature two witnesses.

in the presence of ISAIAH H. TAYLOR.

With esses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, ROBERT GIPSON. 

